THREADS/"JUNGTIS", 2008, in collaboration with Tom Simmons
Installation for the Siauliai University Gallery, Lithuania

INSTALLATION
Glass bottle, 8mm film loop, collection of hardback books and piano music

ARTISTS' STATEMENT

An 8mm film loop is projected onto the base of a small glass bottle, which lies on a pile of old books and piano music. The film shows a hazy seascape, shot from the stern of a moving ferry boat. The distant harbour gets gradually smaller as the ferry moves out to sea; water churns behind the vessel; a small, white sailboat drifts into shot.

Looking through the neck of the bottle, the scene appears contained within the glass- a miniature world, a message from another time and place.

Michaela Nettell and Tom Simmons, May 2008